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Secede huc nunciam, si videtur, procul. ne arbitri dicta nostra arbitrari queant 220 neu permanet palam haec nostra fallacia. nam doli non doli sunt, nisi astu colas, sed malum maxumum, si id palam provenit.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Thus, the example given above to illustrate _fallacia accidentis_, 'that, since it is just to take interest, it is right to exact it from one's own father,' may also be regarded as _petitio principii_, if we consider the unconditional statement of the premise -- 'to take interest upon a loan is perfectly just'; for, surely, this is only conditionally true.
Logic Deductive and Inductive Carveth Read 1889
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Dei exercita, sint certa et minime fallacia verae ecclesiae indicia; non continuo tamen quicunque in hunc caetum nomen dedit, persoun joyned with sik company, be ane elect member of Christ Jesus:
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* Quanquam verbi divini syncera praedicatio, sacramentorum legitima ministratio, et disciplina convenienter verbo Dei exercita, sint certa et minime fallacia verae ecclesiae indicia; non continuo tamen quicunque in hunc caetum nomen dedit,: [9403] 1
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Lucilius called himself an Epicurean, and is so far consistent as to condemn the "fallacia vatum" and the superstition that will not recognise the sufficiency of physical causes; but he (v. 537) accepts Heraclitus's doctrine about the universality of fire, and in other places shows Stoic leanings.
The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879
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The same writer justly remarks (p. 251) that there is a converse fallacy, _à dicto simpliciter ad dictum secundum quid_, called by the scholastic logicians _fallacia accidentis_; and another which may be called _à dicto secundum quid ad dictum secundum alterum quid_ (p. 265).
A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive John Stuart Mill 1839
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You are extremely out, Sir: your syllogism of the poor man is _fallacia ab amphibolia_.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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Hac illac circumcurfa 4, inveniendum es tamen Argentum. intendenda in fenem teft fallacia*
Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae sex novissime recognitae cum selecta varietate lectionum et ... 1779
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By so doing he will rescue his own brother, too, and enable him to return home to his father a free man, all quite unwittingly, -- as in so many cases before now a man has often done more good unconsciously than wittingly. sed inscientes sua sibi fallacia ita compararunt et confinxerunt dolum itaque hi commenti, de sua sententia ut in servitute hic ad suom maneat patrem: ita nunc ignorans suo sibi servit patri; 50 homunculi quanti sunt, quom recogito! haec res agetur nobis, vobis fabula.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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nec meminit notas, ut prius, ire uias. at uos, deductae quibus est fallacia lunae
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